Phelps is being sued by a man from my town and I believe the trial date is this fall.
I’m hoping that this suit will lift the financial mask from the Phelps organization.
My view is that they are a left-liberal front group designed to discredit “the religious right.”
That's probably correct. Kind of funny how the Gay Rights people *never* go after them,. whereas the slightest perceived manifestation of 'homophobia' in anyone else is pounced on. They get a lot of money from *somewhere*. They *never* picket actual homosexual events. Their every appearance seems calculated to generate the most media coverage possible. And Phelps is known to have had some involvement with the Gores.
That is my belief, also. No truly religious group no matter how kooky would do things so fundamentally against Christian principle.
If that were only true. They are a fringe Baptist group, very sincere in their beliefs and who revel in their hatred. Their attacks are entirely non-partisan.
I think they’re a bunch of inbred morons who have discovered how to extend their 15 minutes of infamy indefinitely.
“My view is that they are a left-liberal front group designed to discredit ‘the religious right.’”
I sure don’t know one way or the other. But I remember seeing some TV report about the group, including interviews with a couple of female members. I came away with the distinct impression that they did not really believe what they said, that their true motives were hidden. Maybe it was just that I could not identify, even to the slighest degree, with anything they said. It seemed phony.